17 Oct 1955
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1955
Page
1
The writer recalls sayings from grandparents about optimism and hopelessness and shares fishing notes. Practical tips cover bait choices including stone rollers white mouth suckers chubs and worms. They describe catching bass catfish and walleyes at river holes with timing and line techniques.
Report notes seasonal increase in bass activity as researchers and anglers discuss female bass feeding patterns. Text hints females may feed more aggressively during spawning, with potential impacts on fishing success and fish behavior observed by local fishery observers.
Jones County D H I A No 1 supervisor Lowell Underwood notes 28 herds tested in September with an average of 685 pounds of milk and 26 pounds of butterfat. Top ten herds include George Slater Sen Olin 1170 milk 42 butterfat and Frederick Decker London 1068 milk 38.6 butterfat.
At Indianola Lester Beck is recovering from a concussion after falling from a farm tractor when it hit a bump and threw him into a ditch.
Aviation Week traces the F3H-1 and F3H-2 lineage from McDonnell for the Navy, noting two investigations into aircraft procurement. The F3H-1 faced crashes and costly testing with mixed use of airframes, while engine and model changes led to the F3H-2 redesign and backfit efforts at St. Louis and naval bases.
Scotch Grove Oak Drive Community club members and families will hold a party in the V F W rooms in Monticello on Friday evening Oct 21. A committee is named to plan recreation for the evening.
The navy says converting the last 21 F3H-2 capable planes to the standard F3H-2 configuration is cost prohibitive. They will keep these jets for testing and armament research and use some as technical training school aircraft. A Demon crashed eight miles NW of Monticello with the pilot bailing out near Carrollton Alabama as it spiraled.
Sunday visitors and callers fill social columns with names from Dubuque Monticello and Cedar Rapids. Notable items include 4-H club hosts and leadership records plus a Republican state central committee plan for district chairmen conferences with Senators Hickenlooper and Martin and Governor Hoegh attending.
Three officers from the Jones county Republican central committee plan to attend the second district G O P chairmen conference in Cedar Rapids on October 31. Don Ruhl Anamosa Jones county central committee chairman Mrs Olin Howie Sr Monticello county vice chairman and Jim Maurice Monticello county finance chairman will attend the closed session for county G O P officers. Following the lead of President Eisenhower and the Republican no-
Leonard W. Hoffman a Monti cello engineering junior at the University of Iowa has been promoted to cadet lieutenant in the advanced ROTC at S A S. He was named one of 54 platoon leaders and will serve until November 23 when senior ROTC cadets assume command. Permanent appointments follow in the second semester.
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